Safety clasp



H. v. BASLEY.

'SAFETY CLASP. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1920.

1,415,509. a ented M y'9,1 9z2.

I as to present increased difiiculties infthe HARVEY v. BASLEY, or JERSEY CITY, new JERSEY.

I SAFETY CLASH. V

' Application filed July 23,

for breast pins ,-bar pins; and thelike, the

same being an improvement over the safety clasp shown and described in my pendmg application Serial No. 354,391, filed Jan, 127

to provide a clasp which ismore efficient and at the, same time more attractive than the clasp shown and described in said pend ing application. Y More. particularly an object of, the pres-v ent improvement is to so design. the. pin of the device that a fully eflicient degree of resiliency is afforded -in proper localityso as torender the engagement of the pinwith its post at once easy ofaccomplishment and 4 eflicient inthe performance ofits ofiice.

r A further object is to so form vthe pinwayof accidental disengagement of the pin; in use. H Y

Other objects and. aims of the invention more or less specific than those referred to above, will-be. in. part obvious and inparti pointed outin the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts andapplications of principles, constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawingswhichfare to be, taken as apart of, this specification, 7

and in which I have shown, merely a preferred form of embodiment of the inven\ tion:. 1

pinshowing the clasp connected therewith constructed. in accordancewlth-this inven-- v Figure 2 is a bottom planiview of the parts seen in Fig. 1. i -Figure 3 is an enlargedtransverse sec-i plane of line III of'Fig'. 2. Figure 4 is a side .elevational view of parts seen in Fig. 1, and p tional view taken substantially. upon theft I it V y I I v 7 ","pQI'tlOIfOlf "the p nlb'etween the'bracket 2 and the postfis iniengagement with a garmentya" pull should be applied tothe fbojdy the An object of the present vimprovement is,"

the portions3'. and 4 to receive the'post Specification of Letters Patent. Pat'nted 1313,}? 9, 1922.

1920; serial in). 393,537.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic viewillustrating the mannenin WhlCll'lZhB clasp 0f this the breastjpin; V H Describing in detail thestructure which. is

, illustrated in the J drawings forminga part hereof, the reference character L indicates thenbodyof the breast pin, which, forlconvenience,' is illustrated as 1 a simple bar pin. The clasp with which this invention is'concerne'd is arrangedlat the under surface of the body and consists of'a p'inportion; G andapostI-I. 1 v, v The pin G is pivot allyfmounted, as at l, I upon a suitable supporting bracket 2,.at one invention is effective as a safety holder for p v end of the. body L; The opposite -end. 0f

the pin is-.. bent =.over upon itself so -as to provide two legs, .or portions as 3 and it.

A suitable space 5 is thus 'providedfbetween The material. efrcnn'w which the pin is formed is of'suchcharacter that the parts 3 and dare resilient relative to 'eachiflotlier sothat they can spring apart sufiiciently to allow them to snap over the ball shaped head -6 of the post andto' 'grip'upon the reduced neckportion 7 of thepost. a

Thepostis so placed with re'spectfto the of thevpin, as 8:, whichconnects the portions readily snap the portions Band 4" into and out of engagement with theneck of the post. :By properly spacing theportion8 from the post a correct advantage may be taken'jof portions 3 and 4 of the pin thatetheportion I the resiliency of the material for providing. 7

portion 8 further fromth'e post, a greater degree of resiliency is provided between the portionsf3 'land 4 at the-points wheresaid v p p I portionsyengage the post thanif the part Figure 1 is a perspective view, of a breast 8 benearer to the post:

force against'both the portionsf3 and 4,1;11118 causing said portions 'to readily dis ngage .fi' rev heh o h po -1' I I o t ot er} "hand, t: hi ei the v cient cooperation between the pin and the I head6; that is to say, that by disposing the I 10@-*- It shouldbenoted.thataQuser,inpressing, 1 upon the portion 8 to swing thepin out of engagement'withthe post,pres ses with equal L tending to draw the head 6 out from between the portions 3 and 4, this pull would be resisted almost solely by the portion 3. The portion at, having an equal grip with the portion 3 upon the neck of the post, will tend to cling to its position upon the neck 7 and will thus produce a binding action of the portions 3 and 4: against opposite sides of the head preventing the head from being released unless a strong pull is ap plied to the post.

Likewise, if the portion of the garment engaged by the pin between the pivot and the post is of greater thickness than the space between the pin and the body L so that there is a constant pressure tending to move the pin out of engagement with the post, this pressure .will be applied principally to the portion 3, leaving the po'rtionl to produce a bindingaction resisting release of the post as just described.

The extreme end of the portion 4 of the pin, is of course, pointed as at 9.

In use. the pin is connected to a garment by introducing the point 9 into the garment and then moving the pin so that a proper portion of the garment follows around the portion 8 of the pin and moves on to the intermediate or main portion of the pin far set forth are present in the structureof between the pivot and the post. The post is then snapped down between the portions 3 and A of the pin, and the operation is'complete.

If two portions of the garment, for instance the opposite edges of a ladys coat or waist, are to be connected, one portion is threaded on to the pin as just described, and the second portion threaded on likewise, the post being snapped down after the second portion is properly threaded.

The portion a forms a hook at the end of thepin which is always effective for preventing accidental disengagement of the pin from the garment. Where, for instance, two portions of a garment are threaded on to the pin, as just referred to, this book serves to positively retain the portions of the garment in proper position even if the post should be disengaged. Not only are the portions of the garment held properly connected, but also the pin itself is prevented from falling out and becoming. lost. If the post becomes disengaged from. the pin the body L will still remain connected to thepin by means of-the pivot 1. The weight of the body thus connected at the end of the pin opposite to the hook lserves to hold the hook in full engagement with the garment until purposely and carefully removed.

All of the features and advantages thus the pending application, though to a lesser degree than in the structure herein illustrated. i

A feature of the present improvements resides in making the post engaging portion of the pin comprising the portions 3 and at relatively thinner than the main portion, as 10, of the pin. It has been found that by proportioning the parts in this manner a suitably stiff material may be employed such as in its thicker portion 10 it is amply stiff to resist ordinary bending strains in use, while in its thinner portions 3 and 4 it is of a suitablyflexible character so that the parts 3 and 4: are capable of a considerably greater resilient movement relative to each other than if they are made of material of equal size with a main portion. The increasedresiliency of the parts 3 and 4' relative to each other, as compared with the resiliency of saidparts as in the structure of the pending application, adds greatly to the efiiciency of said parts in all of their functions, They are more easily snapped over the head of the post. They are capable of sinking into a deeper neck of the post. And they bind more efficiently. against the head when pressure occurs upon the part 3 which might undesirably release them from the head.

A further feature of the present improvements resides in the formation of a shoulder, as 11, upon the pin'at the juncture of the part 3 with the mainpart 10. This shoulder is placed so that it has several values. among which may be mentioned particularly, first, that it provides a relatively restricted opening 12 between itself and the adjacentpoint 9 of the pin, whichrestriction is effective in preventing accidental detachment of the pin from a garment. and second, that it places the main part 10 of the pin substan tially in alignment with the post, thus adding materially to the attractiveness of the device.

While it is preferable, tothe fullest attainment of the advantages of this invention, to have both of the post-engaging parts '3 and 4 of the pin reduced in cross sectional dimensions, as compared with the main part 10, yet it will be apparent that a reduction of either one of said parts 3 or 4 or evenof the part 8 may be sufficient to the attainment of satisfactory results in different instances.

As minor changes could be made inthis construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, it isintended that allmatter contained in the above descriptiomor shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A clasp of the type indicated, comprising a pin, a pivotal support for the pin, a

post to be engaged by the pin, the pin comprising a main part having at its free end spaced portions arranged to snap into engagement with opposite portions of the post,

and said spaced portions being of reduced cross sectional dimensions as compared with the main part of the pin, substantially for the purpose set forth.

2. A clasp of the type indicated comprising a pin, a pivotal support for the pin, a post to be engaged by the pin, the pin comprising a main part and a post engaging part, the post engaging part having portions of its length bent to lap over another portion of itself and to provide an opening between the lapping portions adapted to receive the post, and at least one of the lapping portions of the pin being reduced in cross sectional dimensions as compared with the main part of the pin.

3. A clasp of the type indicated comprising a pin, a pivotal support for thepin, a

post to be engaged by the pin, the pin comprising a main part and a post-engaging part, the post-engaging part comprising a portion of the pin bent back upon itself to provide an opening adapted to receive the post, the post having a head thereon, the opening being of less Width than the head, the post-engaging part of the pin being of resilient material whereby to, render the Walls of the opening resilient and adapted to snap over the head, and there being a shoulder.formed upon the pin at the juncture of post engaging part post to be engaged by the pin, the pin comprising a main part and a post-engaging part, the post-engaging part comprising a portion of the pin bent back upon itself to provide an opening adapted to receive the post, the post having a head thereon, the opening being of less width than the head,

the post-engagingpart of the pin being of resilient material whereby to render the walls of the opening resilient and adapted to snap over the head, and thematerial of the pin being shaped to provide a restricted pasare spaced away from each other to provide an opening adapted torecei've the p-ost,'and the pin being shaped to provide a. restricted passage into said opening.-

, In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

W itnessesi r L. Gnssronn HANDY, MAY SCHULZ.

ing its end portion bent over upon itself to provide a hook the opp-ositeparts of which HAR EY BA'SLEY." 

